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μὴ χαλεπὸς ἡμῖν ἴσθι: ἀεὶ θρασύμαχος εἶ, said Herodicus on one occasion to the sophist (Arist. Rhet. II 23. 1400^{b} 20). ἐξαμαρτάνομεν -- ἁμαρτάνομεν: the preposition is often dropped in repeating a compound verb: cf. V 452 A, VII 533 A, X 608 A and my note on Prot. 311 A. I can see no sufficient reason for inserting τι before ἐξαμαρτάνομεν (with Π and some other MSS), although Stallbaum and others approve of the addition. μὴ γὰρ δὴ οἴου κτλ. Cf. Laws 931 C, where there is a similar a fortiori sentence couched in the imperatival form. ἑκόντας εἶναι. This phrase is used sixteen times by Plato, always in negative clauses, and generally in the nominative or accusative (Grünenwald in Schanz's Beiträge zur hist. Synt. d. gr. Spr. II 3. 1 ff.). οἴου γε σύ, ὦ φίλε: i.e. ἡμᾶς σπουδάζειν ὅ τι μάλιστα φανῆναι αὐτό. For the justification of this view see App. IV. εἰκός ἐστιν. There is no reason for omitting ἐστίν (with Hartman and apparently also Usener Unser Platotext p. 40).
The Republic of Plato. James Adam. 1902. Cambridge. Cambridge University Press.
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